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Written by Hank Ballard, also Look at Little Sister (Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble), The Twist (7″ version) (Fat Boys) and Work With Me Annie (Hank Ballard and the Midnighters)
Released on Modern, also Good Rockin’ Daddy (Etta James), Hoogie Boogie (John Lee Hooker) and Howlin’ Wolf (John Lee Hooker)
Written by Etta James, also Something’s Got a Hold on Me (Etta James), Good Feeling (Flo Rida) and If I Can’t Have You (Etta James)
Written by Johnny Otis, also Willie and the Hand Jive (Eric Clapton), Every Beat of My Heart (Gladys Knight & the Pips) and Freedom Flight (Shuggie Otis)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Hank Ballard wrote 14 songs on fono
Hank Ballard’s most frequent co-writer is James Brown (3 songs together)
Johnny Otis first appears on fono in 1950, 5 years before this song
Credits
All 5 credits
- Written by
- Etta James, Hank Ballard and Johnny Otis
- Released on
- Modern
- Written by
- Etta James, Hank Ballard and Johnny Otis
- Released on
- Modern
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Hank Ballard
Same writer: Etta James
Same writer: Johnny Otis
Same label: Modern
Same writer: Hank Ballard
Same writer: Etta James
Same writer: Johnny Otis
Same label: Modern
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz The Wallflower was written by Etta James
The Wallflower was written by Etta James
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz The Wallflower was written by Hank Ballard
The Wallflower was written by Hank Ballard
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz The Wallflower was written by Johnny Otis
The Wallflower was written by Johnny Otis
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz The Wallflower is part of the release The Wallflower / Hold Me, Squeeze Me
The Wallflower is part of the release The Wallflower / Hold Me, Squeeze Me
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Modern is the label of the song The Wallflower
Modern is the label of the song The Wallflower
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz The Wallflower was released on 1955-01